CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approve the award of Bid 18-013, Tree Planting Services, to The Fields on Caton Farm, Inc. for an amount not to exceed $444,250 and for a one-year term
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DEPARTMENT: Department of Public Works
SUBMITTED BY: Richard Dublinski, Director
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
The Department of Public Works (DPW) is responsible for the various parkway tree planting programs that the City offers to its residents. For the past several years, these programs included:
* Parkway tree planting required by Landscape Ordinance (93-14) for newly constructed homes,
* A free tree replacement program for parkway trees that have died, and
* A replacement tree planting program for Ash trees that have been removed due to the Emerald Ash Borer, (CIP Project PA040).
As part of the 2018 budget process, two changes were made to the City's tree planting programs. The first being that the "free tree replacement program" was reduced from $80,000 to $40,000 to help contain General Fund cost increases. An alternative program with a cost share component is being developed by staff and a report will be brought forth to obtain council consensus. Staff will then begin communication to residents in preparation for the fall planting season. The second change was the reinstatement of the arterial tree planting program. For 2018, approximately 100 trees will be planted near 95th Street and Wolf's Crossing under this program.
The Department of Public Works bid the planting of approximately 1,500 2"- 2.5" (predominantly), ball and burlap or container grown, parkway trees during the course of the period between April 1, 2018 and November 30, 2018. This includes one spring planting between the dates of April 1, 2018 and May 30, 2018, and a fall planting between the dates of October 1, 2018 and November 30, 2018.
This contract is for the purchase and planting of trees. The prices quoted include the tree, delivery, planting, and a on...
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